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Re: [PATCH 0/7] Case-insensitive filesystem support, take 1

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Mar 26, 2008, 03:37 UTC
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
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> 
> Of course, case-insensitivity is about the working tree only. But when
> I merge another branch to the current one, git normally checks that it
> is not going to overwrite existing files in the *work tree* and refuses
> to do the merge if some files may be overwritten.

I do agree - but this is not really about the *merge*. It is about the checkout.

Imagine that the merge had been done on a sane filesystem, and you're just pulling it or cloning it. No merge on your machine, but the problem is the same.

		Linus
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Message 27 of 29 in “Case-insensitive filesystem support, take 1”
  1. 0/7 Case-insensitive filesystem support, take 1Linus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  2. 1/7 Make unpack_trees_options bit flags actual bitfieldsLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  3. 2/7 Move name hashing functions into a file of its ownLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  4. 3/7 Make "index_name_exists()" return the cache_entry it foundLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  5. 4/7 Make hash_name_lookup able to do case-independent lookupsLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  6. 5/7 Add 'core.ignorecase' optionLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  7. 6/7 Make branch merging aware of underlying case-insensitive filsystemsLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  8. 7/7 Make unpack-tree update removed files before any updated filesLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  9. 0/7 Final wordsLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  10. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2008
  11. 8/7 When adding files to the index, add support for case-independent matchesLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  12. 9/7 Make git-add behave more sensibly in a case-insensitive environmentLinus Torvalds, Mar 22, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2008
  15. Linus TorvaldsMar 23, 2008
  16. Johannes SchindelinMar 22, 2008
  17. Linus TorvaldsMar 22, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinMar 22, 2008
  19. t0050: Set core.ignorecase case to activate case insensitivitySteffen Prohaska, Mar 22, 2008
  20. git-init: autodetect core.ignorecaseDmitry Potapov, Mar 25, 2008
  21. Johannes SchindelinMar 25, 2008
  22. git-init: autodetect core.ignorecaseDmitry Potapov, Mar 25, 2008
  23. Dmitry PotapovMar 25, 2008
  24. Dmitry PotapovMar 25, 2008
  25. Linus TorvaldsMar 25, 2008
  26. Dmitry PotapovMar 26, 2008
  27. Linus TorvaldsMar 26, 2008
  28. Derek FawcusMar 25, 2008
  29. Jan HudecMar 25, 2008

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